A mayor in the city of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, has extended a helping hand to a popular traffic warden by rewarding him with a rented apartment after he was evicted from his one-room home.

According to reports making the rounds, the mayor, Victor Nyeche Ihunwo, came to the aid of the aged traffic warden identified as Pa Friday Opurum, when he learnt of his housing predicament.

It was gathered that after Ihunwo learnt that the traffic warden had been owing rent since June 2018 and had still not been able to pay up until April 2019; he stepped in by securing a nice apartment for the man and his family, at the Rumu Kalagbor community area.

The plight of Pa Opurum had been brought to the knowledge of his sponsor by a Non-Governmental Organization(NGO), which received provisions to organise a place for the old man and his family to stay. See photos below: